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Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0.7), WoS ESCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by SAGE Publications Inc..
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ISSN 1552-5430Verify ISSN ↗8756-4793Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc.
Cost to publish: About US$4,150 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging | 290 / 361 | 19th | Q4 |
| Radiological and Ultrasound Technology | 55 / 64 | 14th | Q4 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1985–present, best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.7.
Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography is Q4 in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging (rank 290 of 361) and Q4 in Radiological and Ultrasound Technology (rank 55 of 64), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 0.7, which places it in quartile Q4 at the 19th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.170, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 24.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$4,150 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography is published by SAGE Publications Inc. Its print ISSN is 1552-5430 and its online ISSN is 8756-4793.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography has an h-index of 53 and a 2-year mean of 0.18 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.7, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #303 of 346 Scopus journals in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.
Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography published 142 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 152. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 55 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from United States (35.2%), Japan (9.1%) and Iran (7.3%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (0.4 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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